A soccer field for the inmates of the Rimini prison, a contribution to a healthcare project in Gaza and a strengthened commitment to welcoming foreigners. These are the three gestures with which the Rimini diocese wanted to respond to the visit of Pope Leo XIV.
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At the end of the Mass celebrated by the Pontiff in Piazzale Boscovich, shortly before the final blessing, the bishop of Rimini, Monsignor Nicolò Anselmi, took the floor to thank the pontiff. A visit described as “a great gift” and “a great grace, unforgettable.” Anselmi also recalled the chalice donated by the Pope to the Rimini community and already used during the celebration.
The bishop then announced the gifts that the diocese intends to make in turn. The first, he explained, will be closeness in prayer. The second will take the form of two concrete initiatives, one in the Rimini area and the other outside the diocese’s borders.
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In Rimini, the installation of synthetic grass on the soccer field of the prison, intended for the inmates, will be financed in the name of the Pope. On the international front, the diocese will contribute to the Italian Episcopal Conference’s project to build a hospital or an important medical facility in the Gaza Strip.
The third commitment indicated by Anselmi concerns welcome and, in particular, one of the problems encountered by foreigners who live and work in the area: the difficulty in finding housing. The bishop recalled the importance of workers from abroad in the many tourism, hotel, craft, industrial, trade fair, and congress businesses in Romagna. People arrived from Africa, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, but also from countries marked by wars, such as Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as Colombia.
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